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We live in an age where treasures are frequently rediscovered and brought back into the light for further examination and appreciation. Such is the work of Ida Friederike Görres’s <a href='https://ignatius.com/john-henry-newman-jhnp/'>John Henry Newman: A Life Sacrificed</a> which gives us a compelling and detailed introduction to the life and personage of Saint John Henry Newman. This work is perfect for those who are unfamiliar with John Henry Newman and for those who are avid Newman devotees and wish to gain a deeper knowledge and appreciation of this modern-day saint.
In this episode, Andrew Petiprin talks with Jennifer Bryson about her translation of Ida Friederike Görres’s John Henry Newman. This wide-ranging and engaging conversation touches not only on Jennifer’s own conversion from Marxism to Christianity but also on the importance of rediscovering Ida Görres and what insights this work can offer into the life of John Henry Newman.
Find <a href='https://ignatius.com/john-henry-newman-jhnp/'>John Henry Newman: A Life Sacrificed</a> at Ignatius.com.

Jennifer Bryson: Rediscovering Saint John Henry Newman and Ida Görres

Physicists agree: There is no way to understand electrons. But Christians add: "Except God."

65: Quantum Physics Point to God [Science and Love, pt. 3]

A father—the head of the household, as Saint Paul says—has a crucial role and responsibility in his family, not only materially, but spiritually. This is no outdated biblical cliché, but a biological, sociological, and metaphysical reality that we too often fail to recognize. The example of a father can leave an indelible imprint on the character of his children.
In Because of Our Fathers, twenty-three Catholics—including Patrick Madrid, Abby Johnson, Bishop Joseph Strickland, Father Paul Scalia, Jesse Romero, Anthony Esolen, Father Rocky, Christopher Check, and Father Gerald Murray—give portraits of their own fathers as conduits and models of Christian love. Ranging from the heroic to the ordinary, these powerful testimonies will inspire men to consider more deeply the amazing privilege that God has given them to become, despite their imperfection, a living image of our Father in Heaven.
The introduction and conclusion by editor Tyler Rowley serve as a wake-up call. Illustrating the Church’s teaching on fatherhood with current research on the family, he makes clear the urgent need for men who take seriously the God-given, grace-filled task of raising children.
https://www.ignatius.com/Because-of-Our-Fathers-P3642.aspx

Author Interview with Tyler Rowley on his book ”Because of Our Fathers”

Who is going to hell? Most, a few, all, none? Stop asking the wrong question.

72: Notes from the Underworld

Jesus tells strange parables.  Would you really leave everything you have for a shiny hunk of calcium the size of a BB?  No. But what if YOU are that shiny BB?

26: So Jesus Wants Me to Give Up EVERYTHING?

"We," "us," is distinctly, uniquely Christian.

49: OUR Father—Not Just "My" Father

A big question: Why would God create death? Why do things fall apart? Is it because of the Fall, because of sin? Then what about the brontosaurus? Here's a first approach at making sense of what scientists call the law of entropy.

22: Why Do Things Fall Apart? (Entropy, pt. 1)

TITUS! Brush up on your Titus. It matters much more than you think.

39: Saint Paul's Letter to ... Um... Who?

God is "more intimate to me than I am to myself," says Augustine. God lives in the deepest part of our being—the Mariana Trench of us, even deeper than our very identity. But if that's true, then we are, even in our remotest corners, in the very heart of God himself. And becoming aware of this could change everything.

35: Theological Reflection: In Him, We Live and Move and Have Our Being

Dreaming of that life of ease and leisure? Read the Gospel of Luke.

30: Was Man Made for Cruise Ships, Gardening, and Golf?

We'll be discussing the Archbishop's Pastoral Letter on the Human Dignity of the Unborn, Holy Communion, and Catholics in Public Life: https://sfarchdiocese.org/inthewomb

Interview with San Francisco’s Archbishop Cordileone to talk about his pastoral letter

At the end of the age, will all people be thrown into the fire?

75: Thrown Into The Fire

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Christmas Appeal: Thankful for 2025 and Looking Forward to 2026

In today's special episode, Fr. Fessio is joined by Archbishop Cordileone to discuss the importance of kneeling at Mass and when receiving communion. They draw upon Pope Benedict XVI's book "The Spirit of the Liturgy" which is celebrating 25 years of publication.
Get Your Copy of "The Spirit of the Liturgy": https://ignatius.com/the-spirit-of-the-liturgy-commemorative-edition-splcep/?searchid=0&amp;search_query=the+spirit+of+the+liturgy

122 Special Episode: Why Catholics Should Kneel

Jesus' parable of the treasure buried in the field:  What is this treasure? Well, what if WE are that treasure, and God "sells all he has" to get US?

19: God Is a Treasure Hunter

Aquinas is the great synthesizer of the natural law, but who exactly is he drawing from? Today, Dr. Randall Smith joins Ben Eriksen to discuss the various philosophers and theologians who influenced Aquinas’ thought. Dr. Smith argues that Aristotle did not greatly influence Aquinas' conception of the natural law; instead, he believes that Cicero, Maimonides, and Philo of Alexandria were more pivotal. This enlightening conversation reveals the great depth of the natural law tradition and how we can contribute to this tradition in the modern era.
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Kreeft’s "Summa of the Summa": <a href='https://ignatius.com/summa-of-the-summa-sosp/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=audio&amp;utm_campaign=ip_podcast'>https://ignatius.com/summa-of-the-summa-sosp/</a>
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Rice’s "50 Questions on the Natural Law": <a href='https://ignatius.com/50-questions-on-the-natural-law-fqnlp/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=audio&amp;utm_campaign=ip_podcast'>https://ignatius.com/50-questions-on-the-natural-law-fqnlp/</a>
Hill’s "After the Natural Law": <a href='https://ignatius.com/after-the-natural-law-anlp/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=audio&amp;utm_campaign=ip_podcast'>https://ignatius.com/after-the-natural-law-anlp/</a>
 
Read Dr. Randall Smith’s Artiles Here: <a href='https://www.thecatholicthing.org/author/randall-smith/'>https://www.thecatholicthing.org/author/randall-smith/</a>
Listen to His Lecture at the De Nicola Center Here: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nStb4yj7pIg'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nStb4yj7pIg</a>
 
Link to New Advent’s "Summa Theologiae": <a href='https://www.newadvent.org/summa/'>https://www.newadvent.org/summa/</a>
 
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Who Influenced Aquinas’ Understanding of the Natural Law?

According to Paul, you can't know anything, much less apply that knowledge, without Jesus.

42: Knowledge vs. Wisdom . . . and Where the Twain Meet (Colossians Up Close, pt. 6)

As an example of God’s beautiful design in creation, Fr. Fessio details the science of wine making.

81: Fr. Fessio Explains Wine Making

Join us as we talk to Sophie de Mullenheim on her book, "The Phantom of the Colosseum". "
The Phantom of the Colosseum" is the first volume of the gripping new series for 10 yr. olds and up titled In the Shadows of Rome (5 books total).
Being a Christian in ancient Rome was very dangerous. To spread the faith and stay alive, you had to live in the shadows . . .
Now that Blandula's master has been arrested for being a Christian, what will she do? Little does she know that she is about to meet three boys who will help her to find the answer: Maximus, the son of a senator; his slave Aghiles; and Titus, who never goes anywhere without his pet monkey.
Follow their adventures as Blandula and her new companions forge priceless friendships—and discover the many secrets lurking in the shadows of the Colosseum.

Author interview with Sophie de Mullenheim on her book, ”The Phantom of the Colosseum”

"Peace be to you," Jesus says. But do we really know Christ's peace?

56: Peace and the Church

"Be perfect"? According to the original Greek, this is possible only if we first know WHAT we are.

16: But You Can, in Fact, Be Perfect (Perfectionism, pt. 2)

There's nothing like the sound of voices reverberating in a big, empty church. But Mary's heart was even more resonant than that. Can you hear the Divine Harmony?

5: God’s Music (in Mary)

Fr. Fessio explains the third dimension of the Mass—the personal dimension—using the events on the road to Emmaus.

The Mass is Personal

Jeremy Christiansen was a young married man, raising his children in the Mormon faith in which he’d grown up himself, when he began experiencing doubts about the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. As he looked at his upbringing, his marriage, and everything he had always believed to be true, Christiansen began a journey of spiritual questioning that led him away from Mormonism and ultimately into the Catholic Church.
Christiansen’s process of conversion is the subject of his new memoir, <a href='https://ignatius.com/from-the-susquehanna-to-the-tiber-fstp/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=From+the+Susquehanna+to+the+Tiber&utm_id=From+the+Susquehanna+to+the+Tiber'>“From the Susquehanna to the Tiber,”</a> available now at Ignatius.com.
In this episode, our host Andrew Petiprin speaks with Christiansen about the destabilizing experience of losing his faith in Mormonism, the joys and challenges of finding a spiritual home in the Catholic Church, and how the Church can better understand and engage with Mormons.
Related links:
<ul><li><a href='https://ignatius.com/from-the-susquehanna-to-the-tiber-fstp/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=From+the+Susquehanna+to+the+Tiber&utm_id=From+the+Susquehanna+to+the+Tiber'>“From the Susquehanna to the Tiber: A Memoir of Conversion from Mormonism to the Roman Catholic Church”</a> by Jeremy Christiansen</li>
<li><a href='https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2023/05/11/logically-navigating-the-journey-from-mormonism-to-the-catholic-church/'>“Logically navigating the journey from Mormonism to the Catholic Church”</a> by Casey Chalk</li>
<li><a href='https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/12/06/to-be-deep-in-history-is-to-cease-to-be-mormon-an-interview-with-jeremy-christiansen/'>“To be deep in history is to cease to be Mormon: An interview with Jeremy Christiansen”</a> by Paul Senz</li>
</ul>

A convert from Mormonism speaks: Jeremy Christiansen on faith, certainty, and staring into the void

The universe is full of tiny coincidences, but somehow, all of these work together to bring about God's greatest creation:  human life itself.

25: The Butterfly Effect

Our recently elected Pope Leo XIV has already made several comments about the dangers of artificial intelligence. So if you want to learn more about A.I., join Fr. Fessio explains the first of four steps of artificial intelligence—pretraining—which requires data to be collected and tokenization.

106: Pretraining—The First Step of Making A.I.

The more we study creation and the microscopic world, the more we find God.

80: God in the Atomic World

Mark Brumley and Carl E. Olson join us from their respective home libraries to chat about the latest stories and features at Catholic World Report, including pieces on the war in Ukraine, the 50th anniversary of the release of “The Godfather,” and why Henry VIII—bad as he was—should not be “canceled.”

Ukraine, “The Godfather,” and canceling Henry VIII – Carl E. Olson on the latest from Catholic World Report

We all call the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the “Mass” but many of us don’t know why. . . . So Fr. Fessio explains this term and the other terms used to identify this sacrament.

Fr. Fessio Explains Why We Call the Mass, “The Mass”

The collect has not only changed since Vatican II, but it has changed throughout the history of the Church. In this episode, Fr. Fessio explains what the development of the collect from the very beginning of the Church.

The Conclusion of the Introductory Rites

Fall is here and the kids are back in school, which makes this week’s episode particularly timely. Host Andrew Petiprin speaks with Mark Brumley, president of Ignatius Press, about the changing landscape of religious education, the explosion of Catholic resources now available to parents wishing to form their kids in the Faith, and the new <a href='https://www.wordoflifeseries.org/'>Word of Life</a> catechetical series, co-published by Ignatius Press and the Augustine Institute.
Brumley describes the approach adopted by Word of Life for “evangelizing catechesis,” which seeks to not only convey content about the doctrines and practices of the Catholic Faith, but also evangelize students, teachers, and parents as well. It is important to catechize the catechists, Brumley stresses, so they can in turn form the next generation in the Faith. Word of Life was designed to do just that, he says, with engaging print materials, as well as high-quality video and digital enrichment materials.
Related reading:
<a href='https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2023/08/24/word-of-life-curriculum-draws-praise-from-catechists/'>“Word of Life curriculum draws praise from catechists”</a> by Kathy Schiffer | Catholic World Report
<a href='https://aleteia.org/2023/01/27/word-of-life-the-future-of-catholic-religious-education-is-here/'>“Word of Life: The future of Catholic religious education is here”</a> by Joanne McPortland | Aleteia

Back to school with Mark Brumley and Word of Life

The Old Testament can seem brutal at times. Is God really love? King David gives us the key.